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University of Pittsburgh (Student)

Pitt STARTALK: We're off to Russia!

Language(s)

Russian

Grade Level(s)

9-12

Date(s)

June 17, 2018 – July 13, 2018: Summer Session (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Program Setting

Residential

Summary

Pitt STARTALK will be administered by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian and East European Studies (REES) and offer an intensive four-week residential program from June 17 to July 13, 2018, with 160 formal and informal instructional hours for 20 students entering grades 10 through 12. REES is partnering with three high schools that offer academic year Russian language programs (Pittsburgh Brashear High School, Pritzker College Prep, and The Noble Academy) to recruit participants. The curriculum will be based on the theme “Soon to Russia!”, through which the Pitt STARTALK students will prepare to spend an academic year studying abroad in Russia. Instruction will be performance-based and emphasize acquisition of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, with a goal of ACTFL Novice Mid to Novice High proficiency across modalities for students in Russian I and Intermediate Low proficiency for students in Russian II. Other anticipated outcomes include increased cultural knowledge and college readiness.

Contact(s)

Young Scholars of Mckeesport CS (Student)

Startalk YSMCS Turkish Language Summer Program

Language(s)

Turkish

Grade Level(s)

3-5, 6-8

Date(s)

June 25, 2018 – July 13, 2018: (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

YSMCS Turkish Language Summer Program, Baldwin Township, PA

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

We will have two locations for the program and will use Baldwin location for this year program. This location is Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School (YSWPCS). We are going to enroll 40 students in the program. They will be 20 students in 3-5 grades and 20 students in 6-8 grades. There will be one program director, one instructional leader, one consultant, four teachers, four teacher aides and one IT Manager will be working for this program. The program will be for 15 days and 5 hours instruction will be provided for each day. Teachers and teacher aides will be provided a lot of support by the director, instructional leader, and consultant. Our already diverse student population, a comprehensive marketing plan, and our research-based model of education will guarantee ample enrollment and diversity of participants to the program. Our School Board is already committed to teaching world languages and support for the growth of language teaching programs similar to STARTALK Language Program.

Contact(s)

University of Pittsburgh (Student)

Pitt Chinese STARTALK: A Bridge through Culture

Language(s)

Chinese

Grade Level(s)

9-12

Date(s)

June 21, 2018 – July 13, 2018

Location(s)

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

Pitt Chinese STARTALK program will offer a three-week, non-residential language and culture program to 20 high school students for a total of 96 instructional hours at the University of Pittsburgh, Oakland campus. The standard-based and student-centered curriculum is guided by theme “A Bridge through Culture - Building Global Friendship” which aims to increase the linguistic and intercultural competence of these students through experiential learning with native speakers and immersion in Chinese cultural activities. Upon conclusion of this program, students will be expected to have an ACTFL Novice-Mid/High and Intermediate-Low proficiency level in speaking, reading, writing, and listening.

Contact(s)

Penn State (Student)

Penn State STARTALK Arabic Academy for Students

Language(s)

Arabic

Grade Level(s)

9-12, Undergraduate

Date(s)

June 18, 2018 – July 13, 2018

Location(s)

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

The STARTALK Arabic Academy at Penn State is an ambitious, multifaceted program for 20 high school and college students to take an introductory college course in Arabic. For 4 weeks (June-July), a multinational instructional team provides instruction in Arabic for 5.5 hours daily Monday through Thursday, an additional 2 hours of afternoon immersion twice a week, and 4.5 hours on Friday, for a total of 113 available instructional hours. Upon successful completion, students earn 4 Penn State credits (one semester of college Arabic).
Through student-centered, task-based, and communicative activities, students will become acquainted with Arabic cultures and learn to communicate in Arabic. Starting with no prior knowledge of Arabic, students will reach novice-mid or novice-high level.

Contact(s)

Yuva Hindi Sansthan (Student)

YHS STARTALK HINDI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 2018

Language(s)

Hindi

Grade Level(s)

K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Date(s)

June 18, 2018 – July 6, 2018: (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

Pennbrook Middle School, North Wales, PA

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

Yuva Hindi Sansthan, in partnership with North PennSchool District, proposes its sixth YHS STARTALK Hindi Language and Culture Program 2018 from June 18-July 6 to teach Hindi to 40 K-8 students of ages 8 to 13. We will develop three levels of curricula for two Novice and one Intermediate ranges of ACTFL proficiency guidelines under the overarching overarching theme, 'My virtual trip to India', divided into three sub-themes, 'food, festival and places of various regions of India' to provide information in chunks and recycle them. By end of the units Novice level learners will be able to do basic tasks, such as, identifying characters and events and presenting in culturally appropriate manner while Intermediate students will pair and share, compare and contrast information with their own experiences and ideas in USA. Our instructors will receive program specific professional development training under the guidance of a pedagogy expert and a K-8 literacy expert in the pre-program period. A structured post-program follow up plan will be implemented to help students sustain and improve their skills.

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About STARTALK

STARTALK is a project funded by the National Security Agency and administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. STARTALK’s mission is to increase the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking, and teaching critical-need foreign languages, with programs for students (K-16) and teachers. MORE